If the thought of certain activities, tasks on your to-do list or certain people make your heart start pumping quickly, your breathing shallow or your palms turn sweaty, you are feeling the effects of anxiety. This is a state of being in sympathetic "fight or flight" mode. The hormones that are part of our adrenal system come out and cause a flood of symptoms including the ones … [Read more...]

Postpartum depression, otherwise known as baby blues, is more common than you may realize. Many new mothers are overwhelmed with the responsibility of being a parent, even when it is baby number 2, 3, 4 and so on. Each new child, brings a new set of responsibilities, and each child is often very different than the last. During the postpartum period, hormones fluctuate all over … [Read more...]

Sedentary work. Sedentary lifestyle. Sitting disease.
As humans, we aren't meant to have a sedentary lifestyle, but somehow we have managed to make that something we are REALLY good great at.
The effects of watching TV (regular consumption) and a sedentary work environment have a huge impact on your precious time here on Earth. They can actually shorten your life!
Did you … [Read more...]

NOT surprisingly if you want to know how to lose weight, you're probably massively confused about whether fat you eat = fat on your hips (stomach, thighs, arms, etc).
Surprisingly, many people, maybe you, have bought into the idea that fat you eat = fat on your body. And simply, it does not.
Research has shown that low fat diets DO NOT help with fat loss over the long-term. … [Read more...]

The herpes virus, is actually quite common. There are two types: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 is primarily what most people understand as the common cold sore. HSV-1 is primarily found in the mouth. HSV-2 on the other hand is the strain of herpes virus primarily found in the genitalia.
Once again, I think the news reports on this are quite dramatic-But do I … [Read more...]